The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sude GUVEN & Mustafa TAVASLI finished 482nd of 492 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Istanbul 2026, in 2:04:29.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 18:42 in the roxzone was slower than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Istanbul gained about 2:40.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:52Running 1 8:14v median +2:19
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Block 02 10:38Running 2 8:09v median +3:16
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Block 03 13:12Running 3 8:19v median +3:16
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Block 04 13:22Running 4 8:41v median +3:37
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Block 05 13:39Running 5 8:28v median +3:21
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Block 06 10:07Running 6 8:14v median +3:07
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Block 07 14:24Running 7 8:24v median +3:19
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Block 08 17:40Running 8 11:36v median +6:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:42
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 489
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 489 mixed teams who finished.